Control: tags -1 confirmed On 2026-09-28 15:01:40 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > On 26/09/2026 07:08, Pino Toscano wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Control: affects -1 + src:libunibreak > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: transition > > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to request a transition slot for the update of the libunibreak > > library 7.0 to 8.0. Each new major version bumps the SOVERSION; in this > > case some internal headers/APIs were removed. > > > > There are few users of libunibreak in Debian: > > > > - coolreader -- #1149030 > > - crengine-ng -- #1149029 > > - efl > > - fbreader > > - krita > > - libass > > > > The majority of them (not using the removed APIs) build correctly with > > the new version of libunibreak. > > > > coolreader & crengine-ng fails because they used internal APIs that were > > removed. I filed the tickets few minutes ago both for upstream and for > > Debian (see the bts# above); other than being fixed upstream, > > - crengine-ng can be built disabling the libunibreak support > > Sounds fine. > > > - coolreader can be built only including an embedded copy of > > libunibreak 7.0, which is supported by the upstream build scripts; > > not ideal though > > This one not so much. I'd rather the package FTBFS until a fix can be > included, and it can be temporarily removed from testing if necessary. > > > At the moment there are ongoing ffmpeg and Qt transitions, so this can > > wait for them. Let me know about the two issues I reported so far. > > Yes, let's wait for now.
Qt is done, ffmpeg migrated. Go ahead. Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher
